Genesis 14:18:2Gen.14.18.W2PAT
מֶ֣לֶךְ
melekh
“king of”
- Transliteration
- ME-lekh
- Extended
- MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.lɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- king of
- French
- roi de
- Spanish
- rey de
- Portuguese
- rei de
- German
- König von
- Russian
- царь
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَلِكُ
- Hindi
- राजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 王
- Korean
- 왕
- Indonesian
- raja
- Bengali
- রাজা
- Tagalog
- hari ng
- Swahili
- mfalme wa
- Amharic
- ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba ti
- Igbo
- eze nke
- Twi
- ɔhene
- Ewe
- fia si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ME-lekh sha-LEM
- clause
u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin
- sentence
u-mal-ki-TSE-dek ME-lekh sha-LEM ho-TSI LE-khem va-YA-yin ve-HU kho-HEN le-EL el-YON
In context — Genesis 14:18
and Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine and he priest of God Most High
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 14:18, so the Hebrew word מֶ֣לֶךְ (melekh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.14.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.18.W2.S1) and character.